Deep-Sea taxon details
Tawera spissa (Deshayes, 1835)
507911 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:507911)
accepted
Species
Venus mesodesma Quoy & Gaimard, 1835 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of ) Deshayes, G. P.; Milne Edwards, H. (1835). <i>Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres, présentant les caractères généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familles, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent, par J. B. P. A. de Lamarck</i>. Deuxième édition, Tome sixième. <i>Histoire des Mollusques</i>. J. B. Baillière: Paris. i-iv + 1-600. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/64099 [details]
Type locality contained in New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone (origin: native - endemic) [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Tawera spissa (Deshayes, 1835). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=507911 on 2025-09-06
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Tawera spissa (Deshayes, 1835). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=507911 on 2025-09-06
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original description
(of Venus mesodesma Quoy & Gaimard, 1835) Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1832-1835). <i>Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe: exécuté par ordre du roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie.</i> 1: i-l, 1-264; 2(1): 1-321 [1832]; 2(2): 321-686 [1833]; 3(1): 1-366 [1834]; 3(2): 367-954 [1835]; 4 [1833]; Atlas (Mollusques): pls 1-93 [1833] ...etc. In: Dumont d'Urville, J.; 1834, Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe. Paris, J. Tastu, Éditeur-Imprimeur., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.2132
page(s): 532 [details]
original description (of ) Deshayes, G. P.; Milne Edwards, H. (1835). <i>Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres, présentant les caractères généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familles, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent, par J. B. P. A. de Lamarck</i>. Deuxième édition, Tome sixième. <i>Histoire des Mollusques</i>. J. B. Baillière: Paris. i-iv + 1-600. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/64099 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Smith, E. A. (1885). Report on the Lamellibranchiata collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76, Zoology 13 (part 35): 1-341, pls. 1-25. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1108226 [details]
basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Maxwell, P. A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. Pp 232-254 in Gordon, D. P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
page(s): 532 [details]
original description (of ) Deshayes, G. P.; Milne Edwards, H. (1835). <i>Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres, présentant les caractères généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familles, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent, par J. B. P. A. de Lamarck</i>. Deuxième édition, Tome sixième. <i>Histoire des Mollusques</i>. J. B. Baillière: Paris. i-iv + 1-600. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/64099 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Smith, E. A. (1885). Report on the Lamellibranchiata collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76, Zoology 13 (part 35): 1-341, pls. 1-25. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1108226 [details]
basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Maxwell, P. A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. Pp 232-254 in Gordon, D. P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (11 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Conchology (Tawera spissa)
To Conchology (Tawera spissa)
To Conchology (Tawera spissa)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Tawera spissa)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To Malacopics (Tawera spissa (Deshayes, 1835) New Zealand, Auckland, Manly, North Auckland, by fishing, collected 1967, ex coll. W.J.H. Onverwagt)
To Malacopics (Tawera spissa (Deshayes, 1835))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Conchology (Tawera spissa)
To Conchology (Tawera spissa)
To Conchology (Tawera spissa)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Tawera spissa)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To Malacopics (Tawera spissa (Deshayes, 1835) New Zealand, Auckland, Manly, North Auckland, by fishing, collected 1967, ex coll. W.J.H. Onverwagt)
To Malacopics (Tawera spissa (Deshayes, 1835))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
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